We’ve hit the ground running in Cape Town, South Africa! Our very first student blog of the summer comes from Dina Ghioto, a rising senior at the University of Georgia. Read about her first impressions below! Well, I was lucky enough to be chosen to contribute to the Go Global blog verrrry early into our … Continue Reading »
So…Thanksgiving is over, but now we look forward to Christmas Dinner! And all of those cookies…and the holiday parties…ah, the joys of the scrumptious treats of the holiday season. Don’t worry, though…as the new year rolls around and the weather gets warmer, you won’t have to say goodbye to all of the delectables. Your trip … Continue Reading »
How was everyone’s Christmas?! Did you open any of these items yesterday? We hope that all of your Christmas wishes came true and you had a happy and healthy day with friends and family. I’d like to share with you a short story that shows A) The true meaning of Christmas spirit and B) the … Continue Reading »
On each of our trips, we spend class time in our last week together preparing our students for potential encounters upon coming home that could pose some difficulty or confusion, big and small. Friends not understanding how great the trip really was…friends getting sick and tired of hearing about how great the trip really was…the … Continue Reading »
Blogs are huge. Thought Catalog, Elite Daily, company blogs, and personal blogs have taken over the web. It’s a new and exciting way to creatively present ideas to anyone and everyone who can access the Internet, reaching a really large audience. Travel blogs are no exception. Wanderlust consumes people; the travel bug is real. And what … Continue Reading »
Go Global would like to wish all of our students, parents, and supporters a Happy Thanksgiving. In doing so, we tried to craft posts in the month of November that reflected the spirit of Thanksgiving — not only lists of delectable food must-haves in each of our study abroad locations, but stories from our Service … Continue Reading »
Community Leader Kadija Howes, also known as “Dij,” embraces study abroad opportunities more than most. Read here to find out why Dij wholeheartedly loves the Go Global program in comparison to her many other study abroad experiences: Guest Post by: Kadija Howes “Joseph Campbell once said, “The big question is whether you are going to … Continue Reading »
Journal entry by Anna Larimore: Week 3, Day 5. “It was a Thursday. I was on the Garden Route of South Africa, Eastern Cape, living in a hostel on the Indian Ocean…pretty far from my apartment in Cape Town. I was on Global LEAD’s “Adventure Week.” We headed over to the Bloukrans Bridge to do … Continue Reading »
Starting to get chilly in this October weather? Well, I have a fun fact for you! South Africa is actually in the Southern Hemisphere, which means that while we’re experiencing Fall and Winter in the United States, they are experiencing Spring and Summer! And how does this apply to you? It means that while you … Continue Reading »
It was Super Bowl Sunday. If you remember, last year’s game wasn’t very good. I’ll go as far as to say it wasn’t worth watching. Thus, I was distracted by my cell phone. I received a text message from Beth Ann with Go Global, reminding me that a few months prior, I had written my … Continue Reading »